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- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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"Razor-sharp... Deb Rogers writes with such verve and honesty about all the ways we stumble through life, and, like all great storytellers, gives us something wondrous when we reach the end of the journey.” —Kevin Wilson, bestselling author of Nothing to See Here
A gleefully dark and entertaining debut for fans of Kevin Wilson and Karen Russell, about one young woman’s sensational summer at a Floridian wildlife center for exotic monkeys
Jamie is a Florida Woman. She grew up on the beach, thrives in humidity, has weathered more hurricanes than she can count, and now, after going viral for an outrageous crime she never meant to commit in the first place, she has the requisite headline to her name. But when the chance comes for her to escape viral infamy and imminent jail time by taking a community service placement at Atlas, a shelter for rescued monkeys, it seems like just the fresh start Jamie needs to finally get her life back on track — until it’s not.
Something sinister stirs in the palmetto woods surrounding her cabin, and secrets lurk among the three beguiling women who run the shelter and affectionately take Jamie under their wing for the summer. She hears the distant screams of monkeys each night; the staff perform cryptic, lakeside sacrifices to honor Atlas; and the land, which has long been abandoned by citrus farmers and theme park developers alike, now proves to be dangerously, relentlessly untamed.
As Jamie ventures deeper into the offbeat world and rituals of Atlas, her summer is soon set to inspire an even stranger Florida headline than she ever could’ve imagined.
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When the going gets tough, Ella Mae LaFaye bakes pies. So when she catches her husband cheating in New York, she heads back home to Havenwood, Georgia, where she can drown her sorrows in fresh fruit filling and flaky crust. But her pies aren't just delicious. They're having magical effects on the people who eat them, and the public is hungry for more. Discovering her hidden talent for enchantment, Ella Mae makes her own wish come true by opening the Charmed Pie Shoppe.
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A real treat!
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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A Killer Plot
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Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since her mysterious return to the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers to break her writer's block and even make a few friends. But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect.
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My new favorite Cozy Mystery Series!
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Future Home of the Living God
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The world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backward, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted, open-minded Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant.
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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum”
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The All You Can Dream Buffet
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Barbara O’Neal’s novel of food, friendship, and the freedom to grow your dreams brings together four very different women longing to savor the true taste of happiness. Popular blogger and foodie queen Lavender Wills reigns over Lavender Honey Farms, a serene slice of organic heaven nestled in Oregon wine country. Lavender is determined to keep her legacy from falling into the profit-driven hands of uncaring relatives, and she wants an heir to sustain her life’s work after she’s gone.
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Who will inherit the lavender farm?
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Hum If You Don't Know the Words
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Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a 10-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred...until the Soweto Uprising.
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Completely wrong accents
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When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time, she feels responsible for another creature. But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe.
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1000/10
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As America collapses in the chaos of war, pollution, and bankruptcy, two sisters pool their resources to survive alone in the hills above San Francisco. Although dwindling food and increasing isolation threaten them, they soon find a more immediate danger standing at their door. When a young man arrives, his friendship offers tantalizing fulfillment, but his love threatens to divide the sisters.
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Depressing, boring, & disturbing
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When Megan Sawyer gives up her big-city law career to care for her grandmother and run the family's organic farm and cafe, she expects to find tranquility in her scenic hometown of Winsome, PA. Instead, her goat goes missing, rain muddies her fields, the town denies her business permits, and her family's Colonial-era farm sucks up the remains of her savings. Just when she thinks she's reached the bottom of the rain barrel, Megan and the town's hunky veterinarian discover the local zoning commissioner's battered body in her barn.
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Well Written and Entertaning
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What secrets can be found by the light of the Cajun moon? New Orleans may be the "Big Easy", but nothing about it was ever easy for international business etiquette expert Chloe Ledet. She moved away years ago, leaving her parents and their famous French Quarter restaurant behind. But when she hears that her father has been shot, she races home to be by his side and to handle his affairs, only to learn a longhidden secret that changes everything she knew to be true about herself and her family.
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Good clean mystery
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Botswana, 1976: Isaac Muthethe thinks he is dead. Smuggled across the border from South Africa in a hearse, he awakens covered in dust, staring at blue sky and the face of White Dog. Far from dead, he is, for the first time, in a country without apartheid. A medical student in South Africa, he was forced to flee after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force.
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Unexpectedly Stunning Work!
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It begins as a statistical oddity: a spike in children born with acute speech delays. Physically normal in every way, these children never speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. As the number of cases grows to an epidemic level, theories spread. Maybe it's related to a popular antidepressant; maybe it's environmental. Or maybe these children have special skills all their own.
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A Thought-Provoking Premise
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- D. R. Green
- 12-24-22
Disappointing, even as a Daily Deal
Just so disappointing in so many ways. The narrator did an amazing job, simply being able to read the story, but I could not enjoy this at all. The characters are so lacking in every way. I think I am done with purchasing Daily Deals from Audible. In the past I often found new authors/books that were very interesting, sometimes leading me to read other works by the same new authors. Now, however, these deals are simply not worth the time. I don't plan to even look at the Daily Deal again!
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- Not So Serious Reader
- 12-25-22
Riveting
I really enjoyed this - most unique book I’ve enjoyed in quite a while. The voice was lovely and added more to the bizarre riveting novel.
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- K.D. Keenan
- 12-20-22
Fast, Fun, and Engaging
This may not be great literature, but it kept me engaged from first to last. The protagonist isn’t like me or anyone I know, but she has a yearning for connection most of us can empathize with. Her adventures serving a jail sentence with community service in the wilds of a Florida jungle bring out the best in her, ultimately. A satisfying read.
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- Valery Sommers
- 01-02-23
Fun and light read!
Florida Woman is a fun book. It is entertaining, and the story is satisfying. I recommend it as an enjoyable and intriguing story.
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- Albert Hitchcock
- 07-21-22
Good climax/ending
I liked where the book went in the end, but I felt like it spent too long hinting that things were wrong while pretending things were ok. In other words, I thought the pacing was kind of slow.
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- Hart Mrs.
- 08-23-22
Addictive story and great narration
Found this story from a thread of best summer book recommendations. Opted for the audio version because it makes a great companion while taking long walks. I found myself walking every day, for long stretches to get back to this suspenseful story. Highly entertaining and loved the skill of the narrator changing voices for every character. It felt very much like a live-acted drama.
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- BHM
- 12-30-22
Monkey Mahem
Initially, I thought this fictional story
was closely based on truth. It wasn't until about 3/4 of the way through that I became suspicious and realized what was going to happen. Thankfully, it didn't end there.
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- Megan Murphy
- 05-23-23
Fun Cult Read
If you’re looking for a fun cult read this is it. After a stupid mistake lands Jamie “Florida Woman” in hot water, she finds herself with a choice jail or a monkey refuge. She decides to spend her summer under house arrest at the refuge working off her sentence. Unfortunately for her life at Atlas is not all it seems.
I enjoyed the story and the few twists that were thrown in.
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- Becc4
- 07-12-22
riveting performance and plots
Great characters showing different aspects of the Florida Woman trope. The narrator was engaging and full of dimension and made me feel like I was right there at Atlas in the thick of it all.
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- Laura Bryant
- 01-09-23
don't compare this to Karen Russell
The book started out reasonably strongly. The writing was clever and it evoked a sense of Florida. It did somewhat remind me of Karen Russell, who's writing I love. However, the story faltered; there was too much suspension of disbelief for this reader. I would say the shark was jumped on this one.
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